ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference is pleased to announce the 2018 Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Teams. Eleven student-athletes have been named to the 2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team by a vote of the league’s women's tennis sports information directors, with approval from head coaches.
This year’s first team includes six players that have received previous MVC women's tennis scholar-athlete recognition, including three repeat first-team honorees. Drake’s Tess Herder is a three-time first-team honoree.
Twenty-three student-athletes were nominated for the Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must have participated in at least 75% of the regular-season matches or be projected to play in the MVC Championship, with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible).
Scholar-Athlete Team (
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| 2018 First Team |
| Abbey Belote * |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Exercise & Movement Science |
| Alexa Brandt *% |
Bradley |
Sr. |
3.65 |
Health Science |
| Summer Brills |
Drake |
Sr. |
3.78 |
Broadcast News |
| Ana Carrion-Rodriguez |
Stony Brook |
Jr. |
3.86 |
Political Science/Spanish Language & Literature |
| Valerija Gercar # |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
3.81 |
International Business |
| Veronika Golanova |
Illinois State |
R-Jr. |
3.72 |
Exercise Science |
| Tess Herder #^ |
Drake |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Elementary Education |
| Fati Khamissi * |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
3.75 |
Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Jordan Kopfer |
Valparaiso |
So. |
4.00 |
Health Science |
| Jana Kustkova |
Illinois State |
Jr. |
3.83 |
Finance and Business Management |
| Malini Wijesinghe # |
Bradley |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Biochemistry, Philosophy, and Spanish |
| #2017 First Team, *2017 Honorable Mention, ^2016 First Team, %2016 Honorable Mention |
| 2018 Honorable Mention |
| Natalia Barbery |
Bradley |
So. |
3.61 |
Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management |
| Alye Darter |
Missouri State |
So. |
3.74 |
Communications Sciences & Disabilities |
| Anne-Kathrin Hierl |
Stony Brook |
Jr. |
3.80 |
Business Management |
| Savanna Hunt |
UNI |
Sr. |
3.64 |
Physical Education (Kinesiology) & Exercise Science |
| Dao Sysouvanh |
Valparaiso |
So. |
3.44 |
Civil Engineering |
| Anelisse Torrico Moreno |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.47 |
Accounting |